Police: Pair found asleep in car with drugs in Lorain

LORAIN — Two people were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after they were found asleep in a car with narcotics on them Aug. 1.
At 8:45 a.m., police noticed a convertible occupied by Nicholas Shaw, 21, and Alyssa Morales, 20, both of Lorain, who were sleeping in the car.
According to a Lorain police report, officers could smell the odor of marijuana coming from inside the car when they approached it. The report said it appeared marijuana, inside a large wrapper known as a blunt, was on Shaw’s lap.
After reaching through the window and removing the suspected marijuana, police opened the door and woke the passengers up. After officers ordered Shaw from the vehicle, he was placed in handcuffs and searched. Officers told Morales to keep her hands on the steering wheel, however, she kept putting them in the pocket of her jacket, the report said.
Police found an orange pill — 40 milligrams of oxymorphone hydrochloride — in Shaw’s jacket pocket, according to the report.
Police found a dollar bill rolled into a tube and a slotted piece of automotive hose clamp in Morales’ jacket pocket, the report said. Both items had white powder substance on them, police said. Police also found a mirror that had more white powder substance in Morales’ purse.
Police searched the vehicle and found a bag of marijuana, which Shaw admitted was his, according to the report.
Shaw was charged with possession of Schedule II substance, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Lorain County Jail. Morales was charged with drug paraphernalia and was released with a court date scheduled for Aug. 5.